Southland Surf

Detailed Southland surf forecast maps and the latest eyeball surf report from local surfers in the region. Near-shore swell is shown on the map together with the surf forecast rating for spots in Southland. Find the best places to surf in offshore conditions by selecting the wind option on the forecast map. Windsurfers and kite surfers can also use this option to find more favorable cross-shore conditions in Southland. Our local Wavefinder indicates where some of the best conditions are likely to be found in Southland over the next 7 days. Surf photos from Southland and reviews of the best spots and surfing conditions have been provided by local surfers.

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Please enable JavaScript to access the following map views:All map types that you can enable here: Southland Colour Base Map, Wave Height, Wave Energy, Southland Swell 1 Energy, Swell 2 Energy, Windwave Energy, Southland Precipitation, Wind, Temperature, Southland Cloud Cover.Map overlays available for display: Southland Pressure, Wind.Symbols shown on the map: Southland Surf Breaks, Tide Forecasts, Cities, Southland Ski Resorts, Live Wave Buoys, Live Webcams, Southland Wind Now, Temperature Now, Weather Now, Southland Swell at breaks, Rating at breaks.

Southland Surf Forecast map for predicting the best wave and wind conditions across the region. For surfers, the map shows the most powerful swell tracking across near-shore open water and not the peak waves experienced by boats out at sea. Move your mouse over the ocean swell symbols or the surf breaks on the coastline to see a more detailed surf forecast including wave period and wind conditions. The forecast updates every 6 hours and most live weather reports update every hour. You can animate the Southland Surf map or show live wind and wave conditions as reported from wavebuoys and local weather stations. Surf breaks shown along the Southland coastline are also listed below.

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	Sunday 28			Monday 29			Tuesday 30			Wednesday 31			Thursday 01			Friday 02			Saturday 03			Sun
	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM	PM	Night	AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Frentzes Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Stewart Island - Saber Reef Southland
Rating	0	2	2	1	1	0	0	0	1	1	2	2	0	1	2	1	3	3	3	3	4	3
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	1.1 SE	0.4 WSW	0.4 SW	1.8 E	0.9 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	11	11	9	7	11	11	5	16	14	8	12	16	14	13	12	12	12	20	18	12	11
Energy(?)	482	409	328	86	53	185	165	156	159	58	375	291	273	88	427	242	390	555	348	612	1364	808
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- on	on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	cross- off	cross- on	cross- on	glass	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off
High Tide / height (m)			7:02PM 1.84	7:38AM 1.84		9:37PM 2.28	8:40AM 1.89		9:15PM 1.94	9:42AM 1.96		10:21PM 2.04	10:43AM 2.06		11:18PM 2.09	11:40AM 2.16		12:20AM 2.22	12:35PM 2.25		1:14AM 2.26
Low Tide / height (m)	12:53PM 0.51		1:24AM 0.44		1:56PM 0.47	3:59AM 0.61		3:01PM 0.40	3:34AM 0.41		4:05PM 0.29		4:37AM 0.36	4:59PM 0.18		5:35AM 0.29	6:02PM 0.06		6:30AM 0.23	6:57PM -0.02		7:16AM 0.19
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	clear	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	light rain	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	rain shwrs	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	3	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	13	14	11	13	15	10	16	18	13	17	14	13	15	15	13	13	13	11	13	14	10	13
Low °C	12	13	9	11	14	9	13	18	10	14	14	13	14	14	12	12	13	10	12	13	7	12
Chill °C (?)	12	13	10	12	14	7	14	17	11	16	12	12	15	14	13	12	12	9	12	13	7	12
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	5:56	-	-	5:58	-	-	5:58	-	-	6:00	-	-	6:01	-	-	6:01	-	-	5:58
Sunset	-	9:43	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:46	-	-	9:44	-	-	9:43	-	-	9:44	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.9 SW	0.6 WSW	0.6 S	0.4 WSW	0.4 ESE	1.0 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.4 SW	1.0 WSW	0.7 SSW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.7 SW	0.8 SSW	1.7 SW	1.8 SW
Period (s)	11	11	11	9	7	11	11	6	16	5	13	12	11	14	13	6	12	12	12	12	12	11
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.1 W	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.6 W	0.6 SW	0.9 WSW	0.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.6 SW	1.0 WSW	1.3 WSW
Period (s)	16	16	14	13	12	21	7	18	8	14	16	15	16	11	10	12	9	21	20	18	16	15
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	0.3 SSW	-	-	-	0.9 ESE	1.1 ESE	1.1 SE	0.7 SE	1.1 E	1.8 E	-	-	0.2 S	0.6 SW	1.0 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	-
Period (s)	-	2	-	-	-	4	4	5	5	5	8	-	-	6	5	6	-	-	-	-	-	-

	Sunday 28					Monday 29								Tuesday 30								Wed
	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM	4AM	7AM	10AM	1PM	4PM	7PM	10PM	1AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.3 SW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.4 SW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	14	11	11	11	12	13	7	7	11	12	7	11	11	18	18	16	16	16
Energy(?)	482	153	409	356	109	328	273	276	274	51	53	62	179	69	58	184	165	282	302	362	484	159
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	glass	cross- off	on	cross- on	cross- off	cross- off	glass	glass	glass	cross- off	off	off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off
Tide State(?)	-	low	mid-flow	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb	low	mid-flow	high	mid-ebb
High Tide / height (m)					7:02PM 1.84				7:38AM 1.84				8:08PM 1.87				8:40AM 1.89				9:15PM 1.94
Low Tide / height (m)		12:53PM 0.51					1:24AM 0.44				1:56PM 0.47				2:23AM 0.43				3:01PM 0.40
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	cloudy
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Temp. °C	12	13	14	13	11	10	9	9	11	13	14	13	10	10	9	10	13	16	17	16	13	11
Chill °C (?)	12	12	13	12	10	10	9	9	11	12	13	11	7	8	7	7	10	14	15	14	10	9
Sunrise	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	5:58	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 WSW	0.4 SSW	1.1 SW	0.9 WSW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.6 SSW	0.9 SW	0.5 SSW	0.5 SSW	0.8 SW	0.6 WSW	0.7 SW	0.6 SW	0.7 WSW	0.9 WSW	0.4 WSW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	4	11	11	11	12	6	7	7	11	7	7	11	11	10	10	16	16	16
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.1 SE	0.1 S	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	0.3 SW	-	0.4 SW	0.2 SSW	0.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.5 WSW	0.5 WSW	0.6 SW	0.6 SW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	15	16	15	14	14	13	8	8	13	12	12	-	12	11	20	7	18	18	10	10	8
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	0.6 SSW	-	0.3 SW	-	-	-	-	0.4 ESE	0.8 ESE	0.5 SE	0.4 ESE	1.0 E	1.1 ESE	1.3 ESE	1.7 ESE	1.6 ESE	1.4 ESE	0.7 SE
Period (s)	-	-	2	3	4	-	4	-	-	-	-	3	4	4	4	4	4	5	5	5	5	5

	Sunday 28	Monday 29
	8AM	9AM	10AM	11AM	12PM	1PM	2PM	3PM	4PM	5PM	6PM	7PM	8PM	9PM	10PM	11PM	0AM	1AM	2AM	3AM	4AM	5AM
Best forecast wave conditions in Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Nicks Point Southland	Beatons Southland	Porridge Southland	Beatons Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Frentzes Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Bluecliffs Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Beatons Southland	Bluecliffs Southland
Rating	2	1	0	0	1	2	2	2	2	1	1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW
Period(s) (?)	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	15	14	14	11	14	14	11	11	11	11	11	11	13
Energy(?)	553	156	482	474	154	427	372	409	409	112	99	99	382	110	122	358	328	328	348	301	273	77
Wind (km/h)
Wind State(?)	cross- off	cross	glass	glass	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	on	cross- off	cross- off	cross- off	cross- on	on	on	cross- on	on	on	glass	glass	glass	glass
High Tide / height (m)													7:02PM 1.84
Low Tide / height (m)																			1:24AM 0.44
Weather Advanced Surf Forecast

Summary	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	some clouds	clear	some clouds	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	clear	some clouds	some clouds
Rain (mm)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
High °C	11	11	12	13	13	13	14	14	14	14	14	13	13	12	11	11	11	10	10	10	9	9
Chill °C (?)	10	10	12	13	13	12	13	13	13	13	13	12	12	11	10	10	10	10	10	10	9	9
Sunrise	5:56	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Sunset	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	9:43	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Swell1 (m) & direction	1.4 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	0.6 SW	1.3 WSW	1.3 WSW	1.2 WSW	1.2 WSW	0.5 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	1.2 WSW	0.4 SSW	0.4 SSW	1.2 WSW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.1 SW	1.0 SW	0.9 WSW	0.4 SW
Period (s)	11	12	11	11	12	11	11	11	11	10	9	9	11	4	4	11	11	11	11	11	11	13
Swell2 (m) & direction	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 SW	-	-	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.3 WSW	0.4 SW	0.4 SW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 WSW	0.4 SSW
Period (s)	16	16	16	16	16	-	-	16	16	15	14	14	15	14	14	14	14	14	14	14	13	4
Wind waves (m) & direction	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.3 S	0.3 SSW	0.3 SSW	0.4 SSW	-	0.6 SSW	-	-	-	-	-	0.3 SW	-
Period (s)	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	2	2	3	3	4	3	-	4	-	-	-	-	-	4	-